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COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENTS
COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENTS
1. Context
In a judgment delivered the Supreme Court rejected some applications for "compassionate appointments" that were filed by the dependents of deceased government ...
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13-Mar 2023
UK POLICY ON REFUGEES
UK POLICY ON REFUGEES
1. Context
The Conservative government of the U.K. is proposing to adopt a new, stricter policy to deal with asylum seekers who arrive on the island via boat. The government...
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13-Mar 2023
FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE
FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE (FATF)
1.Context
The Finance Ministry’s notification placing all transactions involving virtual digital assets under the purview of the Prevention of Money Laundering ...
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13-Mar 2023
MEASLES AND RUBELLA
MEASLES AND RUBELLA
1.Context
As the new year dawned, so did a crucial target for India. India had set a target to eliminate measles and rubella (MR) by 2023, having missed the earlier deadlin...
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11-Mar 2023
MEGHA TROPIQUES-1
MEGHA TROPIQUES-1
1. Context
The Indian Space Research Organisation brought down a satellite in a controlled manner after its end of life, for the first time earlier this week. The weather satell...
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11-Mar 2023
GENE EDITING
GENE EDITING EMBRYOS
1. Context
A Chinese scientist stirred up a hornet’s nest by announcing the birth of gene-edited twins in 2018. A new study warns of the consequences of deploying a technolog...
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11-Mar 2023
MACQUARIE ISLAND
MACQUARIE ISLAND
1.Background
Macquarie Island, around 1,500km southeast of Tasmania, is more than just a remote rocky outcrop. In fact, it’s the only piece of land on the planet formed comple...
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11-Mar 2023
H3N2
H3N2
1. Context
According to ICMR, the recent uptick in the cases of intense cough lasting for over a week coupled with fever, in several parts of India, can be linked to the Influenza A subtype ...
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11-Mar 2023
FOREST FIRES
FOREST FIRES
1. Context
Forest fires continue to rage in Odisha after the state recorded 642 large fire incidents from March 2-9, 2023 the highest in the country during the period, according to...
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10-Mar 2023
SAGARMALA PROJECT
SAGARMALA PROJECT
1. Context
Under the ambit of Sagarmala, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has provided in-principle approval to 4 additional projects in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
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10-Mar 2023
INDIA-AUSTRALIA
INDIA-AUSTRALIA RELATIONSHIP
1.Context
After a visit to the cricket stadium in Ahmedabad with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese tweeted about...
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10-Mar 2023
LANDSLIDES LANDSLIDES
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Rudraprayag and Tehri Garhwal in Uttarakhand are the most landslide-prone districts in the country, according to satellite data by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)...
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10-Mar 2023
AADHAAR AND PAN
AADHAAR AND PAN
1. Context
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has asked all taxpayers to link their permanent account number (PAN) with their Aadhaar by March 31, 2023. Any non-compliance w...
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10-Mar 2023
CANCER VACCINES
CANCER VACCINES
1. Context
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted breakthrough therapy designation to Moderna and Merck's skin cancer vaccine. This allows expedited developm...
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09-Mar 2023
CARBON SINK
CARBON SINK
1. Context
When India updated its international climate commitments first made in 2015 in the run-up to the Paris climate conference in August last year, it enhanced two of the three ori...
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09-Mar 2023